Government Finance Statistics and Excessive Deficit Procedure - Luxembourg - Part I and Part II

Government Finance Statistics and Excessive Deficit Procedure - Part I and Part II

 Responsible Unit

Eurostat D.1 Ms. Simona Frank

ESTAT-GFS-EDP-TRAINING@ec.europa.eu

Target Group

Participants from National Statistical Institutes, National Central Banks and Ministries of Finance working on Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP).

Entry Qualifications

• Sound command of English. Participants should be able to make short interventions and to actively participate in discussions;

• Significant knowledge of and practical experience in national accounts and/or government finance statistics (including EDP).

Objective(s)

• To improve the capacity of national statistical services to produce high quality on GFS and EDP-statistics;

• To examine the theoretical basis and structure of the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010) based GFS and EDP-data. 

Contents

• Basic concepts of ESA 2010, tailored toward GFS and EDP;

• Delimitation of general government;

• Transactions/stocks relevant for government;

• Definition EDP-concepts, EDP-tables and the Questionnaire.

Expected Outcome

Improved knowledge of ESA 2010, GFS and EDP-concepts; basis for compilation of EDP tables and questionnaires relating to the EDP notification tables.

Training Methods

• Presentations and lectures by external and Eurostat experts;

• Exchange of views/experiences on national practices among participants and theoretical cases;

• Practical exercises, examples and case studies.

 Required Reading 

• European System of Accounts (ESA 2010)
• Manual on Government Deficit and Debt (MGDD), latest version

Suggested Reading

ESA 2010, Chapters 1 – 7, 15, 17 and 20.

Required Preparation

None

Trainer(s)/
Lecturer(s)

Eurostat staff

Martin KELLAWAY (private expert)

Helen SHANKS (private expert)